Iyer Brothers (Shri Ramnath and Shri Gopinath) performed at Mumbai on 1st Jan. The early evening concert, with a pleasant breeze and an almost full moon reminded one of the tEvAram "mAsil vInaiyum..." of Appar. It was like listening to Shri KSN and Trivandrum Venkatraman live. The selection of kritis, the presentation and the discipline shown by the brothers made the concert highly aesthetic and pleasing and made my New Year memorable!
Here is the list:
1. inta mODi - sArangA varnam
2. mEru samAna - mAyA mALava gowLa (R,N,S @ gaLamuna)
3. rAma pAhi - dEvagandhari - Rupakam- Swathi Thirunal (R)
4. bhajarE rE citta - kalyANi - RNS @ nijarUpa
5. giripai
6. shobhillu
7. tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - R, Tanam and S @ vatsamu followed by tani
8. srinivAsa tiruvenkaTa - hamsanandi
9. vaishnava janatO
10. adi nI pai - yamuna kalyani - Adi - Dharmapuri Subbarayar
11. bhAgyAda lakshmi
12. mangaLam
Both the extensive Alapanas in Kalyani and Bhairavi were extremely aesthetic and were no-frill affairs. Kriti renditions were just perfect. The devagandhari kriti was new to me but what a delight it was! I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the concert. Rohit Prasad on the Mridangam was a very sensitive accompanist cum admirer. The tani was aptly sarvalaghu in nature and placed great importance to sowkhyam and appropriate nAdam.
Hope to hear more concerts of the Iyer Brothers in future!
Here is the list:
1. inta mODi - sArangA varnam
2. mEru samAna - mAyA mALava gowLa (R,N,S @ gaLamuna)
3. rAma pAhi - dEvagandhari - Rupakam- Swathi Thirunal (R)
4. bhajarE rE citta - kalyANi - RNS @ nijarUpa
5. giripai
6. shobhillu
7. tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - R, Tanam and S @ vatsamu followed by tani
8. srinivAsa tiruvenkaTa - hamsanandi
9. vaishnava janatO
10. adi nI pai - yamuna kalyani - Adi - Dharmapuri Subbarayar
11. bhAgyAda lakshmi
12. mangaLam
Both the extensive Alapanas in Kalyani and Bhairavi were extremely aesthetic and were no-frill affairs. Kriti renditions were just perfect. The devagandhari kriti was new to me but what a delight it was! I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the concert. Rohit Prasad on the Mridangam was a very sensitive accompanist cum admirer. The tani was aptly sarvalaghu in nature and placed great importance to sowkhyam and appropriate nAdam.
Hope to hear more concerts of the Iyer Brothers in future!
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